On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:56:30 GMT, Michael Strauß <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Could perhaps the scene preferences be used for things like this? E.g.
>> similar to having access to the platform styling keys, a user could manually
>> override some of them to achieve the same result as with enums. That would
>> solve any potential parameters and the degradation problem better
>
> I'm not sure about scene preferences, as the supported backdrop materials are
> not exactly a _preference_. It's not something users can change about the
> system.
>
> How about something like this:
>
> public sealed interface StageBackdrop {
>
> enum Generic implements StageBackdrop {
> DEFAULT,
> WINDOW,
> TABBED,
> TRANSIENT
> }
>
> record Specialized(String name, Map<String, Object> parameters)
> implements StageBackdrop {
> public Specialized(String name) {
> this(name, Map.of());
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
> public class Stage {
>
> public final void initBackdrop(StageBackdrop... backdrop) {
> ...
> }
> }
>
>
> The `initBackdrop` method would take a list of options in order of
> preference. Maybe I could then configure my backdrop like so:
>
> myStage.initBackdrop(
> // first choice
> new StageBackdrop.Specialized(
> "NSGlassEffect",
> Map.of("style", "NSGlassEffectViewStyleClear")
> ),
>
> // second choice
> StageBackdrop.Generic.TRANSIENT
> );
Should we have a (new kind of) fallback system, or should we do this with the
existing `Platform.isSupported(ConditionalFeature)` and have the user decide
based on the result of that function?
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2048#discussion_r2716542068
